I’m working on a side project studying variations in human facial features. It’s been helpful to study celebrity faces because it’s easy to find numerous reference photos. I’ve actually got a fairly good range of weird looking white men, turns out Hollywood is pretty flush with those, but it’s been harder to find unique looking women or darker skinned people of any gender! Idk if I just don’t know as many actors in those demographics, or if it’s just harder to break into Hollywood as a weird looking person without also being white and male, but it’s probably some combination of the two.

What’re y’alls suggestions?

  • southsamurai
    24•18 days ago

    I dunno about “weird”, what with that being pretty vague.

    But, Natalie Dormer is well known for having an asymmetrical face.

    You’ve got Kristen Schaal that’s got unusual proportions.

    Kate Micucci is similarly distinct.

    Tilda Swinton has to be on the list, and is probably the most famous of the atypically beautiful actresses out there.

    Mayim Bialik (or however the fuck you spell her last name) is fairly atypical for an actress.

    Rachel Dratch from SNL is a contender. Hell, for that matter, Ana Gasteyer, Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Cheri O’Teri, and Gilda Radner are all fairly unique looking and not the typical Hollywood type of beauty. You could essentially throw a dart at a list of SNL alums and hit someone with distinct features.

    Shit, Uma Thurman is definitely not the old Hollywood type of beauty.

    Then you’ve got Bjork, who kinda cornered the “a little strange, but in a good way” thing back in the day.

    Jennifer Carpenter, the lady that played Dexter’s sister on Dexter.

    Andy Driver

    Jennifer Garner

    Oh! And you can’t leave out Anne Ramsey, Mama from the Goonies.

    There’s other older actresses with fascinating faces from a photography/art perspective, but they don’t get the kind of attention younger actresses do.

    Gayle Vance, most famous for mystery men and “just junk it”

    Reta Shaw! Fairly famous ages ago

    A lot of actresses that played in supporting roles on tv back in the fifties and sixties were more handsome than pretty, so you got some distinct features, especially on sitcoms.

    Seriously, I could keep going, there’s just so many actresses that don’t get leading romance roles that are superb at their jobs, but don’t fit that fantasy set of features. It’s this whole thing.